Recording Academy Adopts Major Changes For 63rd Annual Grammys And Releases Rules & Guidelines
11 June, 2020
The Recording Academy announced today that it has made major changes to several rules and guidelines that reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical landscape and to ensure that the GRAMMY Awards nominating process and rules are more transparent and fair.
Among the changes are updates ...
| Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards Extends Registration Deadline & Announces 2020-2021 Awards Ceremony
10 June, 2020
The enduring legacy of one of America's most decorated composers has been the basis for launching the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards, aimed at recognizing and enabling the next generation of music composition talent. The sold out inaugural concert and awards ceremony last year in New York ...
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DaBaby & Roddy Ricch's 'Rockstar' Rises To No 1 On Billboard Hot 100
09 June, 2020
DaBaby's "Rockstar," featuring Roddy Ricch, ascends to N. 1, from No 3, on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. DaBaby scores his first Hot 100 leader and Roddy Ricch adds his second.
"@DaBabyDaBaby's 'Rockstar,' featuring @RoddyRicch, officially hits No. 1 on this week's #Hot100 chart for the first ...
| ASCAP Reinvents 2020 Pop, Screen, Latin And Rhythm & Soul Music Awards
29 May, 2020
ASCAP, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, today announced it will honor the songwriters and publishers behind its most performed songs of the past year with four virtual celebrations for ASCAP Pop, Screen, Latin and Rhythm & Soul Music Award winners. Beginning in June and continuing ...
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Central City Productions' Stellar Gospel Music Awards Shifts Plan To A Safer-At-Home Virtual Production Of Its 35th Anniversary Celebration, Premiering 3Q 2020
28 May, 2020
Though celebrating the milestone 35th Anniversary of the Stellar Gospel Music Awards has been delayed due to the ongoing global health crisis and pandemic of COVID-19, Central City Productions today announced plans to produce the "Greatest Night in Gospel Music" as a two-hour virtual awards telecast ...
| The Country Music Association Announces 2020 CMA Awards Ballot Schedule
27 May, 2020
The Country Music Association has announced ballot schedules for the 2020 CMA Broadcast Awards and "The 54th Annual CMA Awards."
Eligible CMA members may now submit applications for the 2020 CMA Broadcast Awards for Broadcast Personality, Station and National Broadcast Personality of the Year online ...
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NMPA To Honor Garth Brooks With Songwriter Icon Award
27 May, 2020
The National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) today announced it will honor singer-songwriter Garth Brooks at its first-ever virtual Annual Meeting this June.
NMPA President & CEO David Israelite said, "We have wanted to honor Garth Brooks for some time, and his incredible words about being ...
| The Goffin & King Foundation Reveals Iso Booth: A Quarantine Cover Contest Winners
27 May, 2020
On Friday, The Goffin & King Foundation announced the 14 winners of its Iso Booth: The Goffin & King Foundation Quarantine Cover Contest. Over the course of three weeks, the foundation opened submissions for creatives to put their own spin on the legendary Goffin & King catalog.
The Goffin & King ...
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Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande Leading The Race For No 1 With "Rain On Me"
26 May, 2020
Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande's new powerhouse collaboration Rain On Me is leading this week's Number 1 race, currently 7,000 chart sales ahead of reigning Number 1 Rockstar by DaBaby ft. Roddy Ricch.
The single - set to appear on Lady Gaga's forthcoming album Chromatica (29 May) - is leading on ...
| Future's High Off Life Album Debuts At No 1 On Billboard 200 Chart
25 May, 2020
On Sunday (May 24), Billboard announced the latest edition of the Billboard 200 chart top 10 and Hendrix's new High Off Life album sits atop the totem pole. HOL moved 153,000 equivalent album units including 16,000 traditional album sales.
This marks the Atlanta rap star's sixth consecutive No. ...
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The "BET Awards," - The Biggest Celebration Of Black Culture & Entertainment - Continues With Annual Show Set To Air Sunday June 28, 2020
21 May, 2020
BET announces today plans to move forward with The "BET Awards" 2020, which will celebrate the brightest stars across music, television, film, sports, and philanthropy on Sunday, June 28, 2020, at 8 pm ET. Using an array of innovative techniques and artist-generated content, the show will continue, ...
| Sony/ATV Music Publishing Wins BMI Latin Publisher Of The Year Award
19 May, 2020
Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced that for the fifth year in a row, it has won BMI's Latin Publisher of the Year Award. This distinguished honor was recognized virtually for BMI 27th annual Latin Awards, which celebrate the top songwriters, publishers and administrators of the previous year's ...
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Samson Young Wins The Inaugural Sigg Prize, With His Installation Muted Situations #22: Muted Tchaikovsky's 5th. Yang Zi Is Selected As The Inaugural Recipient Of The Sigg Fellowship For Chinese Art Research
13 May, 2020
M+, Hong Kong's museum of twentieth- and twenty-first-century visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District, announces Hong Kong-based artist Samson Young as the winner of the inaugural Sigg Prize. The jury was unanimously impressed by Young's vivid, multifaceted approach to sound and performance, ...
| Nicki Minaj & Doja Cat Both Score Their First No 1 Hit With 'Say So'!
12 May, 2020
Nicki Minaj has come full circle as she's finally landed her first ever number one single on the US' Billboard Hot 100 chart, 10 years after releasing her debut. The Super Bass singer has scored this week's chart-topper alongside Doja Cat with their hit remix of Say So, which jumped from sixth to first ...
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International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Announces 2019 Winners
07 May, 2020
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2019 winners. Established in 2002, ISC is the world's largest international songwriting competition, receiving over 18,000 entries from 140 countries in 2019. More than $150,000 in cash and merchandise is awarded to 71 winners ...
| Global Sensation Tones And I Wins ISC Grand Prize For "Dance Monkey"
07 May, 2020
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2019 winners. Established in 2002, ISC is the world's largest international songwriting competition, receiving over 18,000 entries from 140 countries in 2019. More than $150,000 in cash and merchandise is awarded to 71 winners ...
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Grammy Museum Announces Instagram Live To Honor The Anniversary Of Amy Winehouse's 'Back To Black'
30 April, 2020
The GRAMMY Museum will host an Instagram Live event in honor of what would have been the 13th anniversary of the release of Amy Winehouse's single "Back To Black." The live event will highlight the impact of Winehouse's music and fashion with those who worked with her and were influenced by her. In ...
| "David Byrne's American Utopia" Earns New York Drama Critics Cirlce Award Special Citation
30 April, 2020
David Byrne's American Utopia on Broadway was given a Special Citation at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony, held via a special episode of Stars in the House tonight, which you can watch below. David Byrne was presented the citation by John Mulaney, who calls American Utopia "the greatest ...
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The Goffin & King Foundation Announce Iso Booth: A Quarantine Cover Contest
29 April, 2020
The Goffin & King Foundation has announced Iso Booth: The Goffin & King Foundation Quarantine Cover Contest, an online-only series for musicians to arrange, record and submit their own versions of songs from mind-boggling Goffin & King catalog. In partnership with the launch of the foundation's new ...
| Metal Hall Of Fame To Add New Voting Categories
28 April, 2020
The Metal Hall of Fame today announced it has included the additional sub-genres of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music into its voting categories. The fan vote, an extremely crucial part of the band/artist Induction process into the Metal Hall of Fame, is open on a year round basis. The voting form can ...
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